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Dec. 12 |
‘Shirkers’ (2018) is paradoxically, a documentary on a movie titled ‘Shirkers’ (1992), that did not come fully into being. The result is a full film on a half film, a film within a film, on love of films and filmmaking. Even though...

Aug. 22 |
Knowing exactly
what one needs
requires wisdom.
– Shilashanti
In an overheard conversation, participants in a tour group lamented to their guide that there is nothing to buy in the area. Surprised, the guide replied that the hotel they were staying...

Aug. 8 |
Potential is there,
yet as if ‘not there’,
if never actualised.
– Zhaojian
[1] We Have Great Potential: We all have Buddha-nature, which is the perfect potential to become fully liberated and enlightened Buddhas, with True Happiness. This...

Jul. 18 |
Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.
– Buddhist Saying
At the clinic, I saw how a kid was dragged by his mother into the doctor’s room. When the door closed, almost immediately from the outside, some screaming could be heard. Perhaps he...